Broccoli

Brassica oleracea var. italica

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  • Flower name
    Broccoli
  • Scientific name
    Brassica oleracea var. italica
  • Aliasミドリハナヤサイ, 緑花野菜, Broccoli
  • Place of originThe Mediterranean coast
  • Place of floweringField
  • Flowering seasonMay, June

What is Broccoli

Broccoli (scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. italica) and perennial herb in the genus Brassica, Department of Brassicaceae is an annual grass native to The Mediterranean coast. Yellow flowers bloom in the spring. With a stem harvested ago flowering stem apical inflorescence (flower buds of) what is edible. In the typical Green and yellow vegetables, is a fellow of the cabbage (Cabbage). Boiling flowers and eaten as a salad, soup, stir-fry, colorful but taste habit. Ingredients are vitamin B and C, beta-carotene, potassium, calcium, chromium, plant fibers. Germination, called the hypocotyl and cotyledon fresh broccoli sprouts rich in sulforaphane, cancer will be the prevention and suppression of h. pylori bacteria. 

General name: Broccoli, scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. italica, aka: green flower vegetables,Bud flower vegetables, origin: Mediterranean, Habitat: all over Japan, environment: cool climate, plant: 1 m, flower color: yellow, petals number four, flowering time: spring, harvest (wintry) u seed stage: July-September → harvest: from November to next year March, Harvest time (spring type): u seed stage → February harvest season: April-June, leaf color: light green.


  • Order
    Brassicales
  • Family
    Brassicaceae
  • Genus
    Brassica
  • Species
    B. oleracea var. italica
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    4 petals
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typePerennial herb or one year of grass green and yellow vegetables
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height100.0 ~ 100.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 1.0 cm

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